Consumed with premonition of trouble on horizon By my remarks I was certain I was destined persecution But then I took a chase after the Bournemouth runner! Bournemouth runner, c c could dare Bournemouth runner, the first night Bournemouth runner! He was a Bournemouth runner! Bournemouth runner, didn't get far Bournemouth runner, first night Bournemouth runner, but the second night he got away with our guiding light Was chilled to the bone at eight a.m. on a Bournemouth morn There was a drum deck outside room fifty-one Two nights before, Bristol ball, a runner took backdrop, exit hall Bournemouth runner, raced a couple of hundred yards Bournemouth runner, barman clipped his ears Bournemouth runner, spitted and shifted Bournemouth runner, backdrop dissipated Bournemouth runner, he was the Bournemouth runner! How could we know it was the Bournemouth runner? Bournemouth runner, raced a couple of hundred yards Bournemouth runner, barman clipped his ears Bournemouth runner, spitted and shifted Bournemouth runner, backdrop dissipated Bournemouth runner, he was the Bournemouth runner! Took away our guiding light Took away our guiding light Took away our guiding light He took away our guiding light He took away our guiding light He took away our guiding light
Our backdrop was friendly, heavy Often it would rumble into hotel And partake with us in diluted drink and dog meat Of RAC recommended hostelry Bournemouth runner, shifted and twisted Bournemouth runner, on beach sand sifted Bournemouth runner, in the best home Bournemouth runner, locks picked He was a Bournemouth runner Bournemouth runner, should've known better than to under-rate Bournemouth sucker He took away our guiding light He took away our guiding light He took away our guiding light Bournemouth runner, calendar Bournemouth runner, I've forgotten the date Bournemouth runner, no plot Bournemouth runner, you're welcome Bournemouth runner, it was coated in poison Bournemouth runner, have to buy a new one
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Sources / Links
The Annotated Fall: “Bournemouth Runner” [Archived]
Ford, Simon (2003). Hip Priest: the story of Mark E Smith and The Fall. London: Quartet Books.
Mackay, Tommy (2018). 40 Odd Years of The Fall. Place of publication unknown: Greg Moodie.
Pringle, Steve (2022). You Must Get Them All: The Fall on Record. [paperback edition]. Pontefract: Route Publishing Ltd. [Online store]
Smith, Mark E. (1985). The Fall Lyrik & Texte Von Mark E. Smith. In Deutsch & Englisch. With Drawings by Brix. Berlin: The Lough Press. [AKA The Orange Book. Available online in The Internet Archive]
Smith, Mark E. (2008). vII. The Lough Press & AMarquisManipulationProductions. [AKA the Blue Lyrics Book]
